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Photos taken July 2007 by J.R. Manning

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Facts

Overview: Three-span through truss bridge over Des Moines River on 216th Place
Location: Marion County, Iowa
Status: Open to pedestrians only
History: Built 1882 for the Wabash Railroad; rehabilitated for vehicular traffic in 1951
Design: Pratt through truss
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on May 15, 1998
Also called: One Doller [sic] Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.34056, -92.94044 (decimal degrees)
41°20'26" N, 92°56'26" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/504982/4576564 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey: T. 76 N., R. 18 W., Sec. 33
USGS topographic map: Harvey
Inventory numbers: NRHP 98000501 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 14005 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

March 26, 2008: Updated by J.R. Manning
September 24, 2007: Posted all new photos from J.R. Manning

Sources

J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
Historic Bridges of Iowa - Wabash Railroad Bridge

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Wabash Railroad Bridge

Posted January 21, 2008, by Joel Bennett (jpbennett [at] pella [dot] com)

I grew up within miles of this bridge, and some of the adjacent land has been owned by may family for generations. This picture caught me off guard, as I didn't know anyone had done so much research on the bridge. I'm happy to see it on the internet, and even more happy they chose to leave the bridge standing as a pedestrian and fishing bridge instead of destroying it when the new bridge was built a few years ago. A lot of memories here...

Thanks!